A witness who claimed to be a member of the Davao Death Squad (DDS), the notorious vigilante group allegedly behind the killings in the President’s hometown, appeared before the Senate on Sept. 15 and made explosive accusations against President Rodrigo Duterte on his alleged orders to kill more than 1,000 individuals when he was still mayor.

Here’s a summary of the allegations of 57-year-old Edgar Matobato, who said he was hired by Duterte as one of the “Lambado Boys” in 1988, which eventually evolved into the infamous DDS:

? Matobato said he was a “ghost employee” at the Davao City Hall for 24 years as

part of the Civil Security Unit, whose only job was to kill criminals.

? Matobato said Duterte ordered to ambush Sen. Leila de Lima in 2009 when the

Commission on Human Rights investigated the vigilante group in Davao City.

? The witness claimed Duterte ordered the abduction and killing of four bodyguards

of his political rival, former House Speaker Prospero Nograles.

? Matobato said Duterte ordered to kill Muslims suspected in the 1993 bombing of

the Davao cathedral. Matobato said he himself threw a grenade in a mosque,

abducted Muslim suspects, and killed and buried them in the Laud quarry.

? Matobato said he and five others kidnapped suspected terrorist Sali Makdum in

Samal in 2002 by hanging him and chopping his body.

? Matobato said Duterte’s son and Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo ordered to kill a

man who overtook the latter’s vehicle in a traffic altercation

? The witness, who said he had worked with Davao police for 34 years, claimed that

part of the cops’ modus was to plant guns on the crime scene. “Ang pulis laging

may reserba na baril para ‘pag may mapatay, lalagyan (The police always had a

reserved gun so that when a person is killed, the gun can be planted),” he said.

? In 2013, Matobato said Duterte ordered the killing of a fixer at the Land

Transportation Office, whose body, he said, was dumped in San Rafael Village.

? Matobato said they abducted three women from their house in 2013 and dumped

their bodies on a road in San Rafael village.

? On the orders of five mayors including Duterte, Matobato said they killed a

member of a religious group named Jun Barsabal, who he said was killed because

“he was squatting on lands.” Barsabal’s body, he said, was buried at Ma-A quarry.